We were walking down the Christmas aisle when I spotted these -
I was so excited because I have been drooling over the same thing for forever at Pottery Barn. Pottery Barn was asking $199 I think (an outrageous price no matter how cute they are) and Costco was only asking $35! In case you can't tell by the wires they are electric candles. They even flicker like real ones. I'm just not sure how to hide the cords. I made a lame attempt with the pinecones. Does anyone have any suggestions? I will probably leave them out year round because I love them so. I could probably do some sort of garland for the holidays but what should I do for the non-holiday times?
This is the fabric and yummy pom pom fringe I picked up the other day for a project. I seem to have a crush on pom pom fringe. I don't actually have any in my house right now but soon I will! I actually remember looking for it a few years back to add to some pillows and I couldn't find it anywhere! Now it is easy to find and I am finally going to try and make something with it.I bought a bench seat the other day while shopping at Safeway - yes Safeway. It has a cushion on the top that I want to cover in the polka dot fabric with the red pom poms as an accent. It may look ridiculous especially with my lack of sewing skills but I'm sure I'll post the results.
Back to the Safeway thing. You know how they sometimes have seasonal things at the ends of aisles or on top of the freezer cases? Well, I had noticed this piece (I don't know if I would call it wicker or straw or what - something woven) earlier and it was way too expensive but I thought it was cute. I ran in the other day to grab a few things. The kids and hubby were waiting in the car. So here I am in the freezer section and I look up and lo and behold it was 40% off! I thought it might make a better ottoman in our tiny living room then our current extra large ottoman. Of course I couldn't find any employee to help me so I pulled it down myself and balanced it precariously on my cart. I felt pretty stupid pushing that around Safeway but hey, it was on sale. I felt even sillier as the clerk pushed my cart into the parking lot for me and my husband spotted it. He was actually really sweet - he is a good sport with my impulsive purchases. Now I don't think it looks so hot as an ottoman so I have it by my front door. It may end up in the basement with the kids stuff but it will have cute pom pom fringe on it!
Oh, I wish I would have taken a picture. I still might just so you can all see the horror. My husband had an eye appointment yesterday and the Doctor gave him a free trial pair of these contacts that block UV light and that he can wear when he is outside for long periods of time. Basically they take the place of sunglasses. He is telling me this yesterday on the phone as he is driving home. He says that they turn his eyes brown as well. Okay, pretty cool I think. He gets home and let me tell you I was a little freaked out. It was appropriate that it was Halloween because he looked like he had lost his soul. My husband's beautiful green eyes were this dark, dark brown. I could hardly see his pupils. It looked so unnatural and freakish that I made him take them out before he scared the kids. I will have to get a picture for you all to see. Neat idea but I can't imagine this taking off - we would have a bunch of zombies walking around!
